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News and reviews from D4H13:

“I’ve been a medical doctor all my working life and in July, for the first time I found myself walking through the doors of a design conference.Slowly, I emerged from the confined darkness of 21st century medicine…” 22 July 2013

Sheffield hospital staff help with design creations

Doctors, nurses and diet experts helped designers put on their thinking caps to take part in a 24-hour challenge to help cystic fibrosis sufferers.

Designers were given a day to create new products or services which could help people cope with the illness better during the international Design 4 Health Conference at Sheffield Hallam University. 8 July 2013

Alaster Yoxall: The term ‘frustration-free’

Alaster Yoxall of Sheffield Hallam University discusses the second European Design4Health conference.

Work to be presented at the second European Design4Health conference to be held at Sheffield Hallam University this week (4-6 July), explores how serious the issue of difficult to access packaging really is.

I worked with researchers at the University of Wollongong in Australia. Research we have done has shown a link between packaging use in hospitals and malnutrition in patients. 1 July 2013